Machine for cutting meat into slices.



F. GRAF?. MACHINE FOR CUTTING MEAT INTO SLIGES.

lAPPLICATION' FILED MAY 6, 1908.

Patented De.21,`19o9.

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TzumHlNE` POB. CUTTING MEAT INTO sLIGBs.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1 908.

Patenta Dec. 21, '1909.

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FRIEDRICH GRAFF,

OF WITTEN, GERMANY.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING MEAT INTO SLICES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

Application led May 6, 1908. Serial-No. 431,238.

10 alt whom "it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, Finicmnorr Gnarr, a citizen of the German lhnpire. residingl at 'itten-on-the-Ruhr, in the Province of 'estphalia and Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for (hitting Meat into Slices: and I do hereby declare tie following to be a full. clear, and exact tescriptiou of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artl to which it. appertains to make and use the sam'e.

Machines for cutting meat into slices are well-known per se. They are either' provided with a plane knife which however, possesses the disadvantage that the soft-` meat adheres to the knife and so acts as a bra/ke so that particularly on cutting somewhat larger pieces a great deal of power is requisite for driving the machine, or knives 'are employed with oblique cutting surfaces or with hollow cutting surfaces but not with the desired success. The meat even in these cases adheres firmly to the knife on account of suction and particularly in the case of soft meat it is impossible to obtain a proper cut. Further, in machines having a. knife rotating in a horizontal plane the transfer of Vthe meat on to the supporting plate presents ditliculties because a gap in most cases is left het ween the knife and the supportingplate. These defects are avoided in the case of the present invention by the knife at its edge being so curved in the form of a trough that the inner edge of said trough lies in one plane with the cutting edge so that any parts of meat which may be adhering by suction on the front edge of the knife are loosened by the hind edge of the trough. Consequently the knife comes into contact with the meat only at these two edges. ln the ease of machines having` knives of this kind rotating in a horizontal .plane there is also the advantage that the hind edge of the trough can be brought into the plane of a supporting plate and directly up to the latter so that the meat is, transferred on to the supporting plate without being stopped by the knife. ln order to facilitate the work the supporting plate is in the case of the machine hereinafter described displaceahle in a horizontal plane in such a way that after each eut it: returns automatically into the position from which it started.

The accompanying drawing illustrates by way of example, one form of machine according to the presentv invention with a rotating vertical knife.

In said drawing: Figure l is an elevation of the machine, and Fig. 2 a plan, the knife heilig shown in section and some details being omitted for the sake of clear-ness. Fig. 3 represents a detail view, enlarged, of parts -tj and 38; Fig. -L represents in side elevation enlarged a part of the machine, especially illustrating the meaty clamping and feeding devices; Fig. 5 represents an enlarged detail view of the spindle 26, the slotted pin 32- and proximate parts; and Fig. G represents in enlarged detail view the parts 32, 33 and 34. hereinafter described.

The machine is driven by means of a crank-disk 1 for example, which is mounted on the main shaft 4 supported in bearings 2 and 3 under the table. The rotary motion of this shaft is transmitted by a bevel-wheel 5 ou its inner end to the bevel-wheel 7 revolubleon the vertical shaft 6 havinO bearings in the machine frame or any fixe( supports and is transmitted by said bevel-wheel 7 to the, bevel-wheel 8. r1`he latter wheel is mounted on the shaft 9 on which is fixed the chain-wheel l0 which transmits rotary motion to the chain-wheel l2 on the shaft l?) by means of a driving chain 11. The shaft 18 arries the disk-form knife 1t, which has a trough lt" near or adjacent its edge.. The cutting edge It of this knife is at the outer edge of said trough and the edge let" for loosening the` sliced meat is at the inner edge of said trough and in the same. plane as `the cutting edge. The operation and advantages of these parts have alrvidy been stated. This motion produced b means ot' a crank-disk lo arranged on the vertical shaft (t and h v means of a eonnecting-rtul 17 pivotcd thereto, which rod engages at its other end with a lever it) pivoted at one end on the bolt LS secured to the frame of the machine and provided at the other end with a. longitudinal slot 20. liu said slot there engages the pin 2l which is fixed on the table so thatl when the machine is driven the table alternately moves toward the knife and away from the latter, it being guided on the guide-rods Q4, 25 hy means of its eyes 22, 223 (see Fig. 2).' The feed of the meat in the transverse direction, which feed determines the, thickness of the slices, is effected automatically bv means of a pawl and ratchet after each slice'has been cut. For this purpose oli' ithatlpert 'of 'the claiuulpi'11gdevice 'which is not4 displaeealbleiin 4the transverse @direction a' spindle 26- provided with a 'screw- "thread is supported, which 'spindle carries 'e 'movementOsaid'siIidleih suchl rotation j meat'slxcing machine, seid' circular. limite' byste motionQ-b'eing operated to that end f with e'ste'p byjsai leven TheextentV ofeah forward dependey 'ou vlthe v4amo nt of buclmerd Sweep allowed' said lever, which may carry said gawl'over one tooth or'more than one, before y egining the-forward "feeding.' Innotiomf4 1 Stops 30 .a nd 3 1 uteach'e'nd of thelmove- :ment 'of said lever, limit its mov'einent, and theformerstop, at leest, is'rnade adjustable 2l)v f eaehirnpulsef Asa; disenga euble'- resilient.

to 'regulate-the turh'ing'of :said-spindle` at pin 32 which issupp'ort'ed in t `e slide adept# .fed to move transverselyengages Withfthe thread ofthespindle 26, the desired trans` 'Y means. -'lopermit returning-the transversely A -'I11ovuble `slide into its original position the lpin Slfeuu be disengaged rpmfthe thread' of the' spindle 26. by" means 'of 'the handle .33

mid the'spring 34' (see Fig. 6), one edgei'la of which spring is oblique -:and which ijs. fixed '-"ous'aid hand-le and engugesi'n u longitudinal' 32E-"I of the. spring 34' `slides 'against the outer'A revol'ubly-'on its support: By turning this like saidjrod'buthavin asomewh'at rger 'Cross-section.' These' ro si. the' bridge 1 5; 'and "the bese 15constitute-collectively the meat-- l holdin "'zll'ulfeedingslide.

' Theand smuchine above described und' -illu'stratedriii the drawin Sfmay of Course 'I'des'ireto 'secureby Letters Patent is; 1- A`ciroular. revoluble dished knife'. of a' having' 'a trough adjacent its Aouter ed gemid a ridge at the Vinner ed e of said' trough.

2.- A circulf'irfknife` or ineet/slcingina'- 'gchines heving' e cutting .edgegendje circular 4ridge'.seimruted by e cireulerqtrough, seid cutting 'edge being-formed ibythe outer edge 'chines provided' with Cutting-edge; und hay` ing u .circulartrough adjacent' said- Cuttingr edge, and u circule-r ridgeforniig thejniier Veid'geol suidtroughj sind .in the sume plane with the.' cutting edge 'substantiully "set,

'inneredge Aof Suid trough; said -cuttilugedge,

trougli'fziud circular ridge-being integrel with seidcircular knife.- f'

"In testimony whereof,- I'k'hfye sg'uedrny `nume vto this specification inthe' presence Aoft' 

